Alexandria Scudder
17 April 2015
Entry 11
Comic
Relief
This
week in class we discussed female comedians such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler,
Wanda Sykes, and Mindy Kaling. These
women all use comic relief to discuss issues in society to entertain and inform
people. Some topics these women discuss
are fashions styles geared toward different body types, racial terms, men and
women inequality, and rape. Although
these topics are not something to joke about by putting a humorous tone to them
it makes the topics easier to discuss.
No
one enjoys talking about rape and the awful frequency of it but by adding a humorous
tone to topic of rape these comedians open up a more comfortable
discussion. For example Wanda Sykes
states, “That’s why I wish our pussies were detachable. That way you could just leave it at
home.” (Sykes, 47) Indicating that women
should not be forced to do something that they do not want to do and that the
world would be much more simple if we were able to detach our female
genitalia. With the comic relief provided
encouraging people not to be uncomfortable discussing an uncomfortable topic
Wanda Skyes also speaks more serious saying “No means no…in a perfect world.
But, we don’t live in that world.”
(Sykes, 46) Assuring the reader that she is fully aware of how
unfortunate these circumstances are.
When
comedians discuss such serious topics people tend to give them a lot of
backlash when in reality they are not being cruel or non-understanding they are
simply trying to make the topic more comfortable for people to talk about. Creating a more comfortable scenario for
people who want to discuss the topic but feel to uncomfortable. In my opinion, comic relief helps more than
it hurts and these women are making a change with the books they have written.
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